This does what it says on the tin regarding domain and range. Answer the questions to find the punchline to what is a terrific joke, even if i do say so myself. Ideal for an online activity or in school/homework.

The usual: complete the questions correctly to reveal the punchline to a joke. This involves chain rule, product rule and quotient rule.

Using the (in)famous Smiths Crisps advert from the mid-Eighties there are some questions based around units of measurement. Designed as a plenary.

Three equations, three unknowns; written for the AQA Further Maths Level 2 Certificate course but it could be a nice extension at GCSE. The joke was given to me by a student!

I needed something for the lockdown on sets so here it is; the usual cheesy joke having answered some Maths questions on set notation.

This time we combine ratio with fish puns; the first is basic sharing and simplifying, the second is some worded, slightly more challenging problems and each comes with a (slightly lame?) fish gag. Self-marking and useful as a starter, plenary or main task and this format worked well during online lessons.

A bit of ratio and proportion and a fish joke; ideal for starter, plenary, main task or homework.

Find the missing values in the coordinates given the equation. The joke is a classic but will make the students groan. These are ideal for class or homework tasks as the students will know whether they are going correctly because the words will begin to form; they also like the competitive nature of getting to the answer first.

Four spiders which are easiest at 12 o’clock then get harder clockwise; they also allow for debate about what function fits the coordinates given. These are designed to stop students just following a set of rules and to get them thinking; I hope it works!

Designed for the AQA Further Maths Level 2 Certificate, it struck me as we were covering matrices that a “fill in the blanks” sheets would (should?) work nicely with them. Hopefully I have come close to hitting the nail on the head… it involves multiplying and transformations.

Ten statements regarding a comparative bar chart; students decide whether the statements are true or false. Designed to create discussion and for use in online lessons.

Trying to expand my A Level codebreaker portfolio and this is next on the rank; differentiate using the chain rule to find the punchline to a cheesy joke. It’s something different to a text book exercise anyway…

Differentiate the algebraic expressions to find the punchline to a cheesy joke; something different from going through exercises in the book!

Convert the trigonometric expressions to the appropriate double angle formula to reveal the anagram of a cheesy joke. I would use this as a starter but obviously use it (if at all) how you wish.

Fill in the blanks to reveal the punchline to the cheesy joke. These seem popular with students and can be used as a main task, starter or plenary but you have a brain and don’t need me to tell you how to structure your lessons!

This is probably more aimed at Further Maths Level 2 Certificate or early A Level but could be a challenge task for GCSE students too. It’s the usual “answer the questions and reveal the punchline”.

The “Card Sort” sheet is actually the answers, but I have produced a worksheet version if you aren’t keen on the faff of cutting and sticking. I’ve included the sketches in case you want to change anything.

Just the one Crack The Safe activity on functions, including substitution, inverses and composite functions. There are six question each with three possbile answers so students can self-check whilst the teacher help those who require it. The incorrect answers might create discussion as to how they came about too. I use these as starters and plenaries but use them how you like.

Use one calculation and place value to answer the other questions; these sheets contain 10 answers for 8 questions so that guesses are avoided but students know that if their answers are in the table then they are likely to be heading in the right direction.

Four questions that Erica has got wrong but have no fear because your classes can correct and explain where she went wrong… these are useful for class discussion in my experience and a change from ploughing through the text book.